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Pakeha People
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Mike Riversdale
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Not just pakeha people, but a certain age, demographic, and outlook within that slice of New Zealander. I'm firmly inside the same boat. There's the following that scream Wellingtonian: At a local music festival Wearing comfy clothes, definitely appropriate for the setting Casually stanced, the brolly* lean says it all eh An air of, "I belong" Sockless Neat haircuts, needed for the middle management jobs on Monday As I say, I am firmly in this band of people. * brolly, hmm, an umbrella ... mind you this is up the Kapiti Coast and not in the windy city
Noriko
By
Mike Riversdale
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This is Noriko, of George and Noriko fame, at Coastella 2018 who, well best to let them tell you: George and Noriko break all the rules. The duo brings something unique, something unexpected. Known as the Japanese Blues Cowboy and the Tsugaru shamisen player, they have been kicking up a storm wherever they play. George’s lightning fast blues licks & growling harmonica enhanced by Noriko’s percussive of the traditional Shamisen (Japanese banjo) has morphed into a kind of bluegrass hard country blues with a Japanese twist. It's quite something - go listen to their music, it's pretty bloody kick ass.
Dramatic Times
By
Mike Riversdale
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It's dramatic times back home in Wales and England. Many have every right to be angry at the decisions being made and the lateness therein. Many I know and love have already been affected by COVID-19 and in so many ways. For now, as the UK goes into a lockdown that we here in Aotearoa New Zealand have to struggle to remember, I'm gonna focus on the day to day lives of those I can and forget the politics.